Okay, so this is my first thread and I wanted to know whats the difference between the hboot versions. I've seen people guides having to do with hboot 2.18, but my evo is on version 6.16.1002 with revolutionary and s-off. So, I would like to know what are the differences and the advantages of being on 2.18.
There's really no difference except the 6.16 hboot is the one revolutionary sets and 2.18 is the latest hboot. And no, there is no need to change it to 2.18
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Thanks, also I don't want to make a new thread but what rom should I use for my evo? I've been flash quite often but I can't seem to find a good rom for it?
I can't recommend a rom, because it starts dev wars etc. but I can give you this helpful list.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851386
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I've been out of the loop for a little while so sorry for the noob question. A few weeks ago when the pri upgrade was made clear, I was able to successfully upgrade to 1.40. Now my question is, is there a way to upgrade the hboot above 0.76 easily and still have nand unlocked? Also are there any pros and cons to what version hboot one has?
Why do you want to change your Eng bootloader for. The .76 version is just fine.
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thom_house said:
Why do you want to change your Eng bootloader for. The .76 version is just fine.
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I wasnt sure if there are any pros to the newest one. I know my current 76 is fine but I'm the type that thinks the latest is what we should have, lol.
From a lot of research I have done on here, some people have problems flashing roms like cm6 because of their newer bootloader. In my opinion. 76 is the best to have. Just a thought.
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The .76 is a hot commodity for the new rooted ones...
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Is there a way to backup the hboot version on the phone before trying an upgrade? Just in case the new one has issues.
Ok, my search returned some stuff about ENG HBOOT, but not the answer to that question:
Where can i find the latest version of the ENG HBOOT for DZ?
Currently, my SHIP HBOOT is 0.85.0005, and the latest ENG HBOOT i found was 0.84. Is it ok to flash an earlier version of HBOOT?
Thank you!
As an additional question to the questions of Ninj, I am using a desire z with eng HBOOT for G2 (0.72). The phone works. To rectify my obvious error, is it safe for me to flash the correct eng hboot for desire z instead of utilizing the one for G2?
thanks
Looks like we've got no luck on this :|
I'm still wondering about it though. Anyone?
You didn't say anything was wrong with the hboot you already have so why try and fix something that's not broken?
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Sorry, i though it was obvious
I need the ENG HBOOT for some advanced stuff i find here and there. But as my current HBOOT (ship) is .85, i prefer to find a HBOOT (eng) .85 too.
I found the .84 but i would prefer the .85
Thanks
The eng hboots almost certainly came from the development side of HTC. There are no later eng hboots available, and I think it's pretty unlikely we'll get any more.
Why worry about the version number ? The eng hboot is better than the "later" ship hboot, because it gives you extra functionality (e.g. fastboot).
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The eng hboots almost certainly came from the development side of HTC. There are no later eng hboots available, and I think it's pretty unlikely we'll get any more.
Why worry about the version number ? The eng hboot is better than the "later" ship hboot, because it gives you extra functionality (e.g. fastboot).
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True that.
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Well, i was just afraid about an incompatibility between the ROM (.85) and the boot
But i'll install it then. Thanks.
You are right. I did not any more change the eng hboot. It works fine anyway and want it to stay that way. Good advice
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Is there a 2.18 base band ruu out there? Everything I see is 2.15 or lower. And for some reason I cant search the forums anymore so I cant seem to find what I am looking for
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Is there a 2.18 base band ruu out there? Everything I see is 2.15 or lower. And for some reason I cant search the forums anymore so I cant seem to find what I am looking for
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There is no 2.18 baseband for the Supersonic.
Sorry meant HBoot.
Why would you want to upgrade hboot?
It makes it harder to obtain s-off
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bennyboy78 said:
Why would you want to upgrade hboot?
It makes it harder to obtain s-off
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^This.
It does exist, though. It's very close, even.
The reason why I want it is because of flashing back to stock. If you unlock using the htc dev site you are pretty much locked into 2.18. And is the reason why I am looking for a stock ruu with hboot of 2.18.
On a side note I might have another way around my problem. Anyone have the stock recovery image that can be flashed?
Hi ermm I s-offed my desire but now realise I don't want nor need it and want to go back to S-ON and stock HBOOT. How do I do that?
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boo97 said:
Hi ermm I s-offed my desire but now realise I don't want nor need it and want to go back to S-ON and stock HBOOT. How do I do that?
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if you haven't actually changed hboot you are still on stock hboot, leave it. (you're just s-off with stock hboot partition layout, i'm wondering whether you understand what the hboots are? try here, recommend reading all the guides there)
s-off allows you to change hboot to use space more efficiently, and modify system partition while it's running. it's also much more useful to be s-off just in case things go wrong i.e. easier to fix.
(if you really want to go back s-on, you'll have to flash RUU, look at bortak's guide stickied to the top of Q&A, but i don't recommend it, not much point...)
No its just that I read somewhere that S-OFF can be dangerous and could brick your phone!!
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Thank you that was very helpful......I think I will leave my phone at S-Off.
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No its just that I read somewhere that S-OFF can be dangerous and could brick your phone!!
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Don't worry too much about it, you probably read someone who didn't follow instructions.
The actual s-off procedure can be dangerous, but most likely to happen during the process itself
You are already successfully s-off so relax!
does it make any difference that before i rooted my evo 4g hboot was 215.00.0808 and after rooting with revolutionary-0.4pre4 now my hboot is 6.16.1002 can i put the hboot back to 215 and stay rooted.??
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does it make any difference that before i rooted my evo 4g hboot was 215.00.0808 and after rooting with revolutionary-0.4pre4 now my hboot is 6.16.1002 can i put the hboot back to 215 and stay rooted.??
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The 6.16 hboot is the one revolutionary sets it to. No it doesn't make any difference. And there's no need to put it back youre all good
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Yea there's a whole bunch of different hboot versions. I don't know of any reason to change it, the end user doesn't use it for anything.
Keep it, change it. What ever...lol
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bennyboy78 said:
The 6.16 hboot is the one revolutionary sets it to. No it doesn't make any difference. And there's no need to put it back youre all good
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if you change the revolutionary hboot you lose S-OFF
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if you change the revolutionary hboot you lose S-OFF
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It can and has been done, but it's kind of messy. You would need to download and flash about 4 files to get that to work, and flashing Hboots is always dangerous, especially if you are not experienced at it. There are also several commands that you can run from that Revolutionary Hboot, like re-flashing the Recovery, in case your phone soft bricks that you cannot run with that 2.15 (or 2.16) Hboot.